Match-lighter.



No. 813,751. PATENTED P111127, 1906.

A. B. ,TROUPA.

MATCH LIGHTER. APPLIOATION FILED APR.13,1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed April 13, 1905. Serial No. 255,338.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABBERT BURTON TROUPA, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sandwich, county of Dekalb, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Match-Lighters, of which the 'ollowing is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to a device upon which matches may be scratched for the pur pose of igniting them, and particularly to such a device which may be worn upon the garment of the user, so as to be always conveniently accessible.

The invention contemplates a holder for a sheet of roughened material, such as sandpaper, which may be renewed from time to time, and means for attaching the holder to the garment in such a way as to yieldingly maintain the roughened surface snugly against the face of the garment, where it will be invisible and protected from the weather.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind described which shall be of simple and durable construction and efficient in operation.

The invention consists in the structure to be hereinafter described and which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1.

The embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings com rises a substantially flat plate 10, prefera ly of sheet metal, and which may have some of its edges turned over u on itself, as at 11, 12, and 13, to form suitable recesses, as 14, for the margins of a sheet of roughened material 15. The overturned ed e is omitted for a portion of the periphery of the plate, such as across one end 16, when the device takes the oblong rectangular shapeshown in the drawings, and the material of the plate is extended at such en end in the form of a tongue 17, which is oubled back onto the face of the plate, the bend being in the form of a loop 18, such as will permit the flexing of the tongue and impart a yielding pressure between the tongue and the body of the plate. To the outer surface of the tongue is attached any form of clasp, as the pin 19, by means of which the device may be secured to the garment upon which it is to be worn.

Prior to using the device the front face of the plate is roughened, preferably by applying thereto a sheet of sandpaper. This may be inserted beneath the tongue 17 by first bending out the tongue to'the dottedline position of Fig. 2 and applying the paper from a raised position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that it will clear the rolled flange 13, and inserting its edges into the recesses 14 within the flanges 11 and 12. The paper may then be slipped to its seat by passing its lower edge under the flange 13 and the device secured to the garment in any desired position.

When the device is being Worn, the roughened surface 15 is yieldingly held close against the face of the garment to which it is attached and flat against the face of the plate by means of the spring-tongue 17. Convenient access may, however, be had to it by folding back the material of the garment and by forcing out the plate 10, so as to distend the spring-loop 18.

It is obvious that in lieu of employing a sheet of roughened material the inner face of the plate 10 may be permanently roughened in any of the common ways employed for effecting such a result.

If it is desired to wear the device upon the outside of the garment, any ornamental configuration or design may be provided upon the back of the plate 10.

I claim as my invention 1. As an article of manufacture, a match scratching device comprising a holder for sandpaper in the form of a plate having rolled flanges for engaging the margins of the paper, a flexible tongue springing from the plate, and a clasp secured to the tongue.

2. In a match-lighter, in combination, a plate having a rolled flange, a sheet of sandpaper applied to the plate and having its margin engaged by the rolled flange of the plate, a flexible tongue springing from the edge of the plate and overturned to bear upon the surface of the sandpaper, and means for securing the device to the garment of the user.

ABBERT BURTON TROUPA. Witnesses:

T. D. EMERSON, C. H. SooTT. 

